No festival mood among farmers of Sadashivpet
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M. Mallanna is a tenant farmer in addition to landlord in Mallareddypet village in Sadashivapet madnal. He has about 25 acres of land and leased out 35 acres extra. He cultivated cotton on whole 60 acres. He has already paid the lease quantity of ₹5.25 lakh prematurely as per the norms.
On a mean every farmer on this village has spent about ₹20,000 per acre which involves about ₹12 lakh within the case of Mallanna. The whole debt incurred by him for this season stood at ₹17.25 lakh.
Had the cotton been harvested by the point of Dasara, as per schedule, Mallanna may need earned just a few lakhs of rupees and cleared his money owed. This was the case not just for Mallanna however a number of different farmers within the district.
Patti Ramesh, Vadde Yadagiri and others of Pottipally and P Ravinder of Machireddypally are neck deep in hassle with their money owed mounting. For the previous three years, lack of rains fearful farmers whereas this yr it was extra rain that broken the crops completely. At some locations cotton is getting regenerated from the balls thereby damaging the crop completely.
“Usually, we get eight quintals of yield for an acre of paddy and a qunital can be sold at ₹5,600 of minimum support price. Our crop was already damaged and discoloured. Who will buy the crop?” requested P. Ravinder of Machireddypaplly.
Though Dasara is a crucial festival for folks in Telangana, this yr the mood was not there, given their money owed, mentioned T Pruthvi Raj, president, Manjeera Rytu Samakhya.
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